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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Where:

🇫🇷 France

When:

The 15th Century

Impact! Power! Fire! Pathos! Drama! — Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a gypsy young girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.

Released in 1939 — 117 minutes

Genres:

Drama Romance Horror

Languages:

English Latin